Baseline characteristics of the AMIGO cohort members (N=6561 men, and N=8268 women)
| Characteristic | Per cent* | Comparative figures |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | The Netherlands (age 30–65 years)† | |
| Men | 44.2 | 50.2% |
| Women | 55.8 | 49.8% |
| Age at baseline | The Netherlands (age 30–65 years)† | |
| 31–40 years | 17.7 | 25.8% |
| 41–50 years | 30.4 | 32.1% |
| 51–60 years | 34.0 | 28.8% |
| 60–65 years | 17.9 | 13.3% |
| Civil state | ||
| Married, registered partners or living together | 80.3 | |
| Divorced | 6.0 | |
| Widow(er) | 2.4 | |
| LAT relationship | 2.3 | |
| Single (no partner) | 8.8 | |
| Urbanisation level baseline address | All addresses in the Netherlands† | |
| Very high (on average >2500 addresses per km2) | 8.4 | 20.5% |
| High (on average 1500–2500 addresses per km2) | 20.1 | 24.0% |
| Moderate (on average 1000–1500 addresses per km2) | 20.9 | 18.1% |
| Low (on average 500–1000 addresses per km2) | 24.4 | 18.6% |
| Very low (on average <500 addresses per km2) | 25.7 | 18.8% |
| Highest achieved level of education | The Netherlands (age 35–65 year)† | |
| Low (vocational education/community college) | 31 | 24% |
| Intermediate (vocational/high school) | 32 | 55% |
| High (college/university or higher) | 36 | 21% |
| Other/missing | 0.8 | 0.6% |
| Employment status, most applicable | ||
| Self-employed | 9.9 | |
| Employed | 61.7 | |
| (Early) retirement | 9.3 | |
| Unemployed/looking for work | 2.4 | |
| Sick leave/disability | 4.6 | |
| Housewife/men/charity/voluntary aid/study/other/social security | 12.0 | |
| Paid job | ||
| Never | 2.5 | |
| Former | 32.2 | |
| Current | 65.2 | |
| Cigarette smoking | ||
| Never | 45.4 | |
| Former | 38.7 | |
| Current | 15.7 | |
| Alcohol consumption | ||
| Never | 5.7 | |
| Ever, but not in the past 12 months | 7.4 | |
| Currently on averages on 1 or 2 days per week in the past 12 months | 36.0 | |
| Currently on averages on 3 or more days per week in the past 12 months | 50.7 | |
| BMI | The Netherlands (age 19–65 years) based on self-report‡ | |
| Men | ||
| Overweight: BMI 25–30 kg/m2 | 47 | 40% |
| Obesity: BMI >30 kg/m2 | 14 | 11% |
| Women | ||
| Overweight: BMI 25–30 kg/m2 | 32 | 27% |
| Obesity: BMI >30 kg/m2 | 17 | 13% |
*Percentages based on valid answers; there were 26, 60, 20, 18, 25, 28 and 28 missing values for civil state, urbanisation level baseline address, employment status, paid job, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and BMI, respectively.
†Statistics Netherlands (2013).
‡See ref 18.
AMIGO, Occupational and Environmental Health Cohort Study; BMI, body mass index; LAT, living-apart-together.